Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1893, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D C.. SATURDAY. AUGUST 19. 1893—SIXTEEN PAGES. _ 5 PH ec — THE DISTRICT TEAM AT THE TARGETS. AGAIN THE WINNERS. District Riflemen Capture Two More Prizes. HILTON TROPHY AND BRONZE SOLDIER. A World's Record Tied by the Marksmen. RETURN ON MONDAY NIGHT petal Dispatch to The Evening Stas. CAMP SPENCER, SEA GIRT. Ang. 19- Washington is again the winner of th reat Hilton International Trophy, and, i: BAdition to being the possessor of that valu able work of art, holds a title to the grea bronze figure of the “Soldier of Marathon,” which, like the Hilton, is offered for annu:! competition by the National Rifle Associa tion of the United States. At this time the trophies are at Harris burg, Pennsylvania's capital but within » few days the jewelry will be torwaried 1 Washington, there to remain for at least an- other year. ‘The Hilton shield will not be a stranger to ‘Washington. for it was exhibited there from the latter part of 181 to October, 18%, but the bronze soldier is unknown there and ‘will be much admired. In spite of the fact that both New York and nsylvania failed to snow up the competitions were more than usually inter- esting and at times were the cause of real excitement It was known «enerally that the Washington sharpshooters were out for @ score larger than that made by the hey- stone and there was evidence of a great growth of ability «moug the Jer- sey men, so a red hot contest was not un- expected. naturally New York Peausylvania Absent. ‘The opening was delayed until 10 o'clock 80 as to give the absentees a chance to put fm an sppearance, but the creat state of Penasylvania made no effort to defend the L> trophies it won a year ago, while New York was also utterly careless. There were ™many Washingtonians among the spectators when the interstate match opened, a:nong them being Maj. H. L. Cranford. Mrs. Cran- ford, Mrs. Percy Cranford and Mir. B. H. Spang. They were quietly loyal in support- ing thetr representatives. At 200 yards some first-class work was done by both teams, the District securing 809 points, while Jersey got 43. Tied the World's Record. Then the first stage of the Hilton was| taken up, and when it ended, Washington | had made 34, tieing the world’s record for that distance. Jersey's total was 144 At 500 Yards. ‘Work at 500 yards commenced at 2 o'clock and when each man had fired ten shots, it was apparent that Washington had cap- tured the Soldier of Marathon with a lead of fifty, its total beisg Luz. In the sec- ond stage of the Hilton Washington in- creased its lead, getting #6 to Jersey's 359, and when the third stage terminated had to its credit 3.9 to jersey’s 317. the aggregates bein respectively 1,063 and 1,020. Forty Rounds. Then the team gathered around Gen. Bpencer and cheered him and the balance of New Jersey, and there were speeches by | Gen Spencer, Gen. Ordway, Gen. George | W. Wingate of New York. Gen. G. E. Z. Foward, Gen. Stryker, . tant general, and Maj. Geo. The Washingtonians were extremely de- had beaten the record by both Pi Ivania and | Mt Retarn Monday Nigh The team will be home Monday night, ar- wiving at the Pennsylvania depot by $ | The twelve will escorted to head- quarters by the third and fourth battalions, and by such other subdivisions of the bri- ‘as may care to turn out. How the Interstate Trophy Was Won at Sea Girt. ‘Stam Correspondence of The Evening Star. CAMP SPENCER, SEA GIRT, N. J., August 18, 1892. Yesterday was skirmish day; skirmishing for “keeps,” and the District of Columbia ‘engineers will do the keeping for one year, anyhow. Skirmish work is certainly more opular with the spectators than any other form of sharpshooting prowess, and there were many visitors at the Sea Girt rang? to witness the vigorous efforts of military athletes. Aside from its being the best test of rea] military prowess with the rifle, there ts pleasure in the mystery which surrounds competitive skirmishing; no one of the com- petitors knows anything about the results On the Skirmish Ra until the figures are made public. It was 2 o'clock in the afternoon before the runs Were all completed, and the statistical offi- cers were engaged for several hours in their important arithmetical iabors, while the more deeply interested members of the sharpshooting aggregations sat around in camp or thereabouts waiting for the an- Bouncement which was so full of moment. A more perfect morning for fine scores Rever opened up. ‘The light was gray and eloudy, and for an hour or more after busi- Ress commenced on the range there was but little perceptible motion in the air. ‘There was some deiay in settiag the ekir- mish started, but when operations (i cum- o fe the program moved very smoothly. “Gen. Spencer W Seman a ‘as, of course, in In the preliminary arrangements he was assisted by Brig. Gen. Van Valen (rctired) and Col. Owens and Col. Decker, ihe assist- ant inspectors general of rifle practe. AS gids at the base of operations were Capt Jones and Cap: H. B. Cilley, the second District of Columbia's adjutant, while the Capt. Bell. Maj. Harries. Capt. Cash. Well Pleased. range offi who relieved each other in Hiding up and down with the rapidly suc- Semtve Fun, were Gen. G. EP. owerd user, Col. Owens, Major Currie and Major Geo. H. Harries. Ten men went on each run, each man having in nis belt twenty cartridges; each man was required to make two runs. The scene was enliven- ing, and although there was a close family resemblance between one run and all the other runs interest never flagged. There was some weary but unavoidable waiting while Capt. Walker, Col. Righter and others of the statistical force figured out the results, but the expected thing hip- pened—the engineers won—and until the latter part of 184 no one need bother him- self as to the New Jersey interstate trcphy. Capt. Cash's illness has caused the first regiment team a great deal of tnconveni- ence, but the members went right along, doing the very best they could, and hoping pt. Parmenter. that their captain would be around in time to relieve his alternate, Private Boyer, who lacked experience as a skirmisher, but who nevertheless did TI The individual and team scores are as follows: Engineer Corps. Known Sktr- Total. distance. mish. Corp. Young... 16 Private Leizear.. Lieut. Hutterly. Carleton. 18 13k 4 154 ial ABBSE aL First Regiment. Known ‘Skir- Total. @istaace. mish. Lieut. 9 163 Bz Lieut. by 187 386 Sergt. & 19S Lieut 86 “mS al Corp. Appleb a 165337 Private Boyer. a us iss 14%5 Second Regiment. Known Skir- Total. distance. mish. Capt. Bell..... % 130 Sergt. Maj. Moyer... 84 158 Lieut. Rotramel. % 155 Col. Clay a rd 140 Private McClain. 8 357 Private Kirk. % 136 Sixth Battalion. Known — Skir- Private King.. Capt. Tomlinson Elisworth.. Davenport. Blanton Wilcox. All the team totals are made up as fol- loys: apes, 1492; first D. C., 142; second D. C., 1415: second N. J.,1387; seventh N. J., 1327; third J. 1316; third N’ D. ¢. battalion, 3 wi. Last year the teams also finished in reg- ular order, but the scores have sanceved very much. The winning total in was 1232 and in 1892 1466; this year Capt. linson’s team makes a better score by many tifying its than it ever did ‘cpt. Tomlinson and his men iescrve Cost eel of crate; they might have done tter, but there is nothing to sorrow over. During the afternoon the second regi- ment team captured the Columbia trophy, presented to Jersey by the District Nation: al Guard, and last night it was made known that the same team were victorious im another of the important state matches. A Welcome Home. A dispatch received from Gen. Ordway by battalion commanders today instructed them to assemble their commands Monday evening for escort duty when the riflemen return from Sea Girt. It 1s probable all the guardsmen in the city will turn out to give the @ welcome home, but a number of the commands will be away in camp. ape ape tadtalates ER A TREE. inistered in the Raral Districts of Missourt. ‘From the Kansas City Joarnal. That justice is freely dispensed to all comers in the petty tribunals of Jackson county known as the justice courts no one will deny, but in the particular case of George Miller, who now views the outer world from the other side of the steel bars of the Jackson county jail, there seems to have been too much justice, too speedily as well as too unequally applied. Arrested, tried, convicted and landed tn the county jail all within the space of about three hours, and for a crime of which it is yet doubtful if he was guilty; such is Mil- ler’s history. And, to make a bad matter worse, the complications of the law are such that {t is highly improbable that he can regain his liberty, even should he es- tablish his innocence of the charge placed against him. % The case has its humorous as well as its serious side, and for its unique features and original legal methods Miller's trial is prob- ably without an equal in the court history of Missouri. It seems that Miller, who is a young man of good character, had been em- ployed in @ Main street restaurant until ill- hess compelled him to abandon his position, though he was almost penniless. In his di- lemma he found a friend in the person of Edward. J. Froisey, who offered to support him until his recovery if he would take care of Froisey’s little farm on the south side of the Blue river near Troost avenue. This proposition Miller gratefully ac- cepted, and the next day was installed in the Froisey household, where also lived Frolsey’s aged mother. Ali went well with Miller until last Satur- day morning, when, as he stepped from the back door, he observed an individval, un- known to ‘him, just leaving the hen house with a fat puliet under each arm. He had been particularly cautioned by Mr. Froisey to keep a lookout for chicken thieves, and he thought this an opportunity to display his valor and earn his patron's everlasting gratitude, “Hold on there, young feller,” he shouted; “where you goin’ with them chickens?" ‘The stranger looked tough as he replied: “Say, Is dat any of your funera “It'you don't drop them chickens I'll blow the roof of your head off,” yelled Miller, making a dash for the kitchen, where @ loaded revolver was lying. But when he reappeared the stranger was making rapid tracks for the gate, and he did not fire on him. Half an hour later he wes considerably astonished when a con- stable hove in sight and arrested him on a charge of assault with intent to kill. Hay- ing no choice in the matter, he went with the constable. Now the thinly settled and purely agri- cultural region lying south of the Blue boasts the presence of a duly-elected justice of the peace, a well-to-do farmer, by name D. P. Antony, and, as legal proceedings in “Jedge” Antony's court are by no means plentiful as the bull frogs in his meadow, nat official prepared to make the most of he case. He had no court room handy, but the spreading branches of a glant apple tree in je orchard near by served the purpose ad- mirably, and here the court was estab- Ushed, with the soft side of a log for a bench’ and seats enough on the grass for the thousands of spectators who might or might not choose to attend. “Bring !n the prisoner,” thundered the judge. And straightway the constable ap- peared, dragging his victim unwillingly to a Seat at the other end of the log. The com- plaint was read in the constable's most doleful tone, and the judge stroked his whiskers and meditated. “Aha!” quoth he, “this, I see, 1s a serious case. We must have a jury.” It was the prisoner's pre- rogative to ask for a jury if he wanted it, but that made no difference. The constabl? sallied forth and syeedily returned with stx “good men and true,” five farmers and a workhouse guard, recruited from the road near by, where a gang of county prisoners were at work, The six solemnly ranged themselves in a semi-circle on the grass before the judge and the trial (7) began. Miller briefly told his story, and then the stranger, whom he believed guilty of steal- ing. Froigey's chickens, appeared on the scene and told his @ claimed that he owned the chickens, they having wan- dered into Frotsey’s yard, and he was sim- ply recovering his property. That ended the trial, and the jury thereupon filed into the jury’ room—the cleared space beneath an ‘adjoining apple tree—where they were speedily joined by the judge and constable, and together they arranged the verdict When they returned to the court room Mil- ler was. informed that he had been con- victed of “threatening to kill," and that he had been finec #25 and costs, amounting in all to $25.40. He could not pay, and so Judge Antony tore a leaf from a note book loaned him by one of the jurors and made out his commitment, ordeding Marshal Stewart to confine Miller in the county jail unc! (ze fine and costs were paid. ‘And inen court was adjourned, the farm- ers returning to their wheat ‘fields, the guard to his prisoners, and Miller was taken way by the constable, and within an hour the doors of the county jail opened to re- ceive him. —_—__—_—_-+e+——_____ COME TO MEETING AND CRY. A Stirring Appeal to Colored People by = Wester mp Meeting Exhorter From the Kansas City Times. ‘ Fully 50 people were singing “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” in a half-hearted way when Rev. Dr. J. M. Washington walked into the big colored camp meeting tent at 17th and Vine streets last evening. He mounted the platform, faced the audience and throwing up his hands said: “*Paint no kind of use trying to sing ‘Nearer, My God, to Thee’ in a meeting of this kind for you’ll get further away from God the longer you sing it. Let's lay aside our gloves and new-fashioned ways and have a good old camp meeting hymn.” ‘Then he started in on “You'd Better Get Religion, Sinner,” and the canvas swelled to the chorus. Then Elder Bunch, whom Mr. Washington knew down in Kentucky away back in slavery days, prayed one of the old prayers he used to offer up in the cotton patch, and the services were in full swing. The revivalist talked a good deal to the hypocrites and back-sliders. He sald: “wouldn't give a cent for a drv-eyed, dry-mouthed, stiff-kneed, straight-backed old devil of @ black wretch that can’t come to meeting and cry a little. They'll tell you it's too hot to go to church this weath- er. I'd like to be behind ‘em and push ‘em back into the cotton patch. Some of these days they'll want to get into heaven, and I'd like to be there when they triel to get in. I'd stand there and club 'm till they couldn't rest; the old moss-backed, siab- sided, twist-kneed, cross-eyed hypocritas. “And they come here to Jaugh at God's people! In a time like this the devil and his wife and all his grandchildren come out to see the fun. Well you're welcome, Mister Devil and Mrs. Devil and all the little devils, as long as you behave yourselves. When you can’t do that, go off about your business.” ‘A great part of the sermon was on Eman- cipation day and it's memories, and here Mr. Washington proved himself an orator. He has the gift of an orator in swaying his hearers. When he talked of the dark valley of trouble and sorrow through which the black race had come up to freedom there was hardly a dry eye in the audi- ence. There were as many white as col ored persons under the tent, and they caught the infection from their colored neighbors and cried too. When he told of the dawn of freedom, of the chariots and horses and the mighty army that came down from the north, over the mountains, into the dark valley of slavery to strike the shackels from a race, such a mighty shout went up from the congregation xs the old trees in the grove never re-echoed before. “You remember,” he said, “how you used to stop the mules in the furrow, look to see if the master was coming, and then kneel down and touch the telegraph wires to heaven. Bring me Ingersoll, bring me Tom Paine, bring me ail the infidels that ever lived and lied and then come with me down to that log cabin in the Georgia cotton patch. Step out, Uncle Ned. Never mind your Bible; he can’t read a word of it, but ask him how he got religion. ie" tell you how he heard a whisper from heaven, how he stole off to the timber and prayed and the fire came down and filled his soul.” ——_—-e-—___ Col. A. J. Boyd, president of the Bank of Reidsville, N. C..’and the Hermitage cotton mill, died yesterday, ANIMALS BREED DISEASE. How Acute Mania is Often Attributed to \ Hydrophobia. ‘The Cat as a Cause ef Epidemios— Danger of Fondling “There has been an unusual number of deaths this summer from alleged hydro- phobia,” said an insanity expert to a Star reporter yesterday. “However, we ‘mad doctors’ do not share the popular belief respecting that complaint. “I was called in the other day to attend the caso of a young woman who was dying with all the symptoms of so-called hyéro- phobia. She was in convulsions. When of- fered water in a tin receptacle she bit right through the sheet metal. She barked now and then like a dog and frothed at the mouth, “The average general practitioner would, have diagnosed the case as bydrophobia off hand. But there was one objection to that theory—the patient had never been bitten by a dog or by any other animal, unless it were an insect. Not only was there no question of mad dog, but there was no dog at all in the ‘history’ of the disease. The latter was nothing more nor less than what the insanity specialist terms ‘acute mania.’ . “Acute mania 1s a complaint which mant- fests itself in all of the symptoms which are commonly attributed to hydro) The patient is thrown into convulsions at the sight not only of water but of food, such manifestations bie in different cases. Barking like a dog, frothing at the mouth and biting at whatever is within reach are quite usual. The unfortunate must be served with both food and water in tin receptacles, to avoid danger. In nine cases out of ten death ensues. “ig there no danger then in being bitten by rabid dog? Certainly there is—ve great danger. What is matter wi such a dog? ‘He is attacked by a disease— the familiar complaint called ‘septicaemia,’ or blood poisoning. His bite is lkely to communicate bl poisoning to the bitten. It is a serious and often fat com- plaint. Sometimes it happens that the indi- vidual bitten receives so severe a shock from the fright that the nervous system is upset. “In such a case acute mania may set in. To bring that about, the dog need not be rabid—to speak more accurately, it need not be suffering from blood poisoning. It may be perfectly healthy, and yet the fright oc- casioned by {ts bite may induce the danger- ous nervous trouble of which I speak. I think that I have made myself clear. Take particular notice of the fact that acute mu- nia may be brought on by a variety of caus- es independent of the canine species. But, if the patient has happened at any time viously to be bitten by a dog, the trouble ts at once attributed to that, and the cry of hydrophobia {s raised. “Now, 1 will venture to say that one per- son out of every three receives at some time in his or her life a wound, slight or other- wise, from the teeth of a ‘dog. Frequently such injuries are inflicted by playful pup- pies, or otherwise accidentally, When you Consider that this animal is the intimate friend and constant companion of man, it is hardly surprising that such should be the fact. You say that you yourself have been elightly bitten on two occasions. Suppose, as is quite possible, that you were teken with acute mania, barking like a dog, foam: ing at the mouth and exhibiting ‘a disposi- tion to bite. Would not your aMicted rela- tives refer the symptoms to one of those dog bites? Of course they would. If you died, you would be advertised in the news- pavers as a victim of hydrophobia. “What I tell you 1s not merely a theory of my own. It represents the bellef of ex- perts in nervous diseases generally. How. tver, since I have spoken in defence of the dog let felation to that other favorite household companion of man—the cat. I would first call your attention to the fact that the cat is a beast far more useful to mankind than the dog. Without the latter we could get along, but if we had no cats we should have a continual plague of rats and mice, which would overrun the cities and devour the crops and small live stock of the farmers. “At the same time you may set it down an indisputable truth that the domestic cat Is @ prolific source of a great variety of diseases. It breeds them and dissemi- es them, skin troubles particularly. It carries about with it the contagion of Aiph- thers, one of the most fatal of human complaints, and it 1s seriously suspected of helping to sow the germs of consumption. A trouble akin to ringworm, which attacks the scalp and causes the hair to ‘out {s frequently conveyed by cats. Likewise it is with scarlet fever, which, when {t fs in a house, fs always likely to ‘be scattere) abroad by the pet pussies of the establish- ment. “The way of it is this: When there fs sickness in a house old cloths are apt to be psed for various purposes. These are commonly thrown afterward into some out of the way place, like the corner of a closet. Suppose that there Is a tabby about that ison the point of bringing tnto the world a litter of kittens. Female cats are constantly having kittens, as you know, being among the most prolific of animals. She searches for a sequestered nook for her accouchment, and ts likely to make her bed of Just such a lot of old rags as I have described. “AS a natural consequence, not onty te the mother cat infected as to her fur with the contagious disease, but all of her kit- tens are likewise. The latter are fontied by the children. Pathogenic is teem to find a most favorable breeding-«round in the hair of cats. As a result, the complaint is spread. Unfortunately, the infection tr not Mmited to the house. it Is spread abroad the cats, which are notorious tragglors us before many days have passed there is an epidemic of scarlet fever or what no‘ in the netghborhood. Nobody can tmagin« how it got about. Little Johnny dies o diphtheria and nobody dreams that he con tracted it by picking up a strange cat. “Children have a way of picking up cate and holding them to their faces to caress them. That accounts for many cases of that very disagreeable disease called rin worm. It ts the same way with other skin troubles that are contagious. Cats, as well as dogs, are lable to tuberculosis of the jungs. otherwise known as consumption That they communicate it to human bein; ts more than suspected. By the way, It worth mentioning that the wooly toy an! mals of the nursery are not desirable pley- things. Disease germs are retained and bred in the wool, and the fondling of them by the little ones spreads many an infec- tion through the household.” ERRORS ABOUT HYDROPHOBIA. Mistakes Concerning Their Acts. ypular Mad Dogs From the Chicago Herald. 2 A very grave error is expressed in the name hydrophobia, which means horror at water. This is not simply a misnomer, but misleading in a very serious way. The name hydrophobia having become fixed in people’s minds, and the idea that rabid dogs dread water having become part and parcel of the general belief, the sight of a dog eagerly lapping water or willingly plunging into it naturally leads ninety-nine out of a hundred to exclaim: “He drinks; there is no danger. The fact is, says, this authority, that a burning thirst is one of the characteriatic symptoms of rabies in its early stages. On the other hand, the name hydrophobia ts very appropriate when applied to man. as an indefinable dread of water or any lquid is the characteristic of t later stages of the disease when afflicting a human sub- ject. In dogs, so far from a ‘dread of water being a reliable symptom, it ‘s one which shows itself but in extremely rare cases. Another popular error attributes the mad- ness of dogs to the heat of the dog days. In July and August, says the scientist, all kinds of precautions are taken which no one thinks of in November or Deceniber. Now the simple fact is that the dog dav have no more to do with the ral than the ‘moon has to do with lunacy. re Ha- ble to attacks in every month of the year, Dut it so happens that July and August are precisely the months in which the few- est cases occur, The records of the veter- ini schools of Alfort, Toulouse, Paris, London and Lyons show that it is not in the hottest months, but in the wettest months, that the eat majority of cases are seen. In April, jovember and December the ‘recorded cases are double and triple those in June, July, and August. That the heat of the weather is not the cause of rabies is suena proved by the fact that in hot countries the disease is rare, and in some even unknown. Thirst, however in- tense, is incapable Co peered rabies. Dogs have been subjected to-the cruel ex- perience of complete abstinence from water when chained to a wall under a burning sun. They died from thirst, but showed no symptoms of rabies. ‘Another error is suppose that mad dogs foam at the mouth. It is only at one rtage of the disease that the rabid dog shor any foam. A perfectly healthy dog often shows an abundance of foam at the mouth after a haré run. ‘As it is most important that the symptoms of rables in dogs should be remembered, the following of the most notable are given for the guidance of both those who are fond of dogs and those who fear them. At the commencement of the disease the animal's temper becomes changed; it is dull, gloomy and silent, seeks solitude and with- draws into the most obscure corners. It is fidgety and restless, goes here end there, les down and gets up, keeps constantly prowling about and cannot rest long in one me say something more with) | tf ty Be iu & & | charactartotice & | 8 i | HM ag rt ah i i i i [ 8 ; f HI i E E i be a g » THE BERING SEA DECISION. Pret. H. W. ElMett Says That the Regulations Are Not Far-Reaching Enough. Prof. Henry W. Elliott of the Smithsonian Institution, who was sent to the seal rook- eries on the Pribyloff Islands early in Presi- dent Harrison's gdministration, to investi- wate the subject of seal life and make an exhaustive report on it, is reported as say- Pribyloff rookeries ruined if the sealer can enter upon seal islands after the will not be a Dubie enough to be markets of ist of July and the Sist, and by the August be in position all around the sixty miles out, for the feeding seals more numerous than they are three miles from those shores. These vessels on that shoal grea surrounding these islands can easily anchor and lay out any storm better than they can do so on the Grand Banks and Geot for the is only fifty to seventy fathoms and the holding first-class. So the revenue cutters wii = these fellows off their bearings, fog or no fog. “tt ia a great pity that this begin- ning of the court was not entirely out—that this close time did not run from if May 1 to October 10 inclusive. I hope that the darkly hinted yn that the court had recommended that all killing of fur seals on lend and sea next three years is true. If that is sdopued of apon then the salvation of the rook forts in the main issue, truth turned on.” —EE CHILDREN MADE CRIPPLES. Producing Professional Beggars a jusiness in Austria. A gang of men heve been arrested in Bis- kupitzroatia, Austria, because they have mutilated young children. The men have for yeara made a trade of crippling children and then sending them out to beg or selling them to others for the same purpose. Chil- dren were stolen or were led with promises to visit the hi kept_by the gang on the bound an en tortu! ‘The police forced their way into the house, where they found two girls of twelve or fourteen ‘with thelr legs broken. An- other girl of about the same age lay bound on & with her right arm broken and both eyes gouged out. Two other children, hardly less horribly mutilated, were found on gota. in the collar.” "Many’ instruments which have been in jus y' deformities were uncovered i oe cellar and were seized for evidence. BALL IN MIDWAY PLAISANCE. rT" at Unique Event in the Histury of the Chicago Fair. ‘The international ball on the Midway Plaisance Wednesday night was the most antique event in the history of the Chicago fair. Every nationality was represented, and all colors—white, black, black and tan and mixtures of these—joined in the plea- sures and delights of the dreamy waltz. ‘The affair was held tn the Natatorium, which was gorgeously fitted out with lights, flags, bunting and flowers. Chinese, Jap- anese, Samoans, Dahomeyans, Turks, Be- douins, Syrians, Persians, Egyptians, Moora, Algerians, Austrians, Amazons, Swedes, Roumanians, Russians, Esquimaux, Laplanders, Indians, Brazilians, Peruvians, Germans, Americans, English, Spaniards, Frenchmen, Cingalese and every other nationality mingled together in the most amicable relationship, and the sight was a wonderful one to behold. Some of the costumes were stunning, while others, particularly those whose wearers came from the southern countries in the far away oceans, were startling. George Francis Train led the 14 march, accompanied by the belle of Dahomey vill a dui maiden whose costume would not make even a large bathing suit. ‘At the banquet which took place after the fourteenth dance interesting dishes, such as “roast missionary a la Dahomey,” were on the bill of fare. All the queer Midway folks were at table, and they were a jolly lot. The boxes were occupied by the expo- sition of and representative officials of the various foreign countries. a STARVING MEN ATTEMPT SUICIDE. Three Jump Into the River at Mont- real in Presence of Hundreds. William Jefferson, William O'Riley and Michael Starke, all natives of the United States, without work, and driven to desper ation by the want of money and food, at- tempted suicide at Montreal on Thursday by jumping into the river from the Victoria pier. The incident was witnessed by hun- dreds. The men, after bidding one another good-bye, clasped arms and deliberately threw themselves into the water. ‘Although all were good swimmers, none of them made the slightest effort to escape death. The police boat put off to attempt ‘a rescue, and O'Riley and Jefferson were saved, but not before they had repeatedly jumped from the boat and were exhausted. Starke was drowned. The others are held on @ charge of attempted suicide. —_——_—_-o-_—_—__. A FREDERICK GIRL’S SUICIDE. Moberly Puts a Bullet Through oe Her Head. Miss Nettle Moberly, aged about seventeen years, daughter of ex-Mayor Louls H. Mob- erly, of Frederick, Md., committed suicide ‘at the home of her sister, Mrs. Jennie Cla- paugh, on South Market street, yesterday afternoon. Miss Moberly had been with a friend during the morning and had gone to the Baltimore and Ohio station to see the train for Baltimore only a Nar whtie before her death. ‘On going to her sister's house she made the remark, as was supposed in a playful way, that she intended following the ex- ampie of a Mr. Bushey, who took his own life some months ago. She thereupon went upstairs, and standing before @ mirror fred the fatal shot from @ S-caliber revolver. The ball entered just behind the right temple and passed entirely through the an head, striking a window shutter and falling on the sill. ‘She was a young lady of prepossessing appearance and lively disposition and had many friends. She is said to have left a note addressed to her sister Jennie, in which she stated that she “was tired of living and by the time the note reached her she would be among the missing.” ‘State's Attorney Eichelberger and Jun- tice Hewes, acting coroner, viewed the body and decided’ that inasmuch as it was a clear case of suicide an inquest was unnecessary. ‘The sad affair caused a shock to the community. ‘The father of the dead girl is mafiing clerk in the supervising architect's oMce. On hearing the sad news yestertuy after. noon he left the treasury and took the first train for Frederick. REFUSES TO RESIGN. Internal Revenue Collector Quinn Says He Must Be Discharged. Collector of Internal Revenue John C. Quinn of Gan Francisco un “Wdassday re- celved a telegram from C. §. Hamlin, act- ing secretary of the treasury, notifying him that by direetion of the President he was to tender his resignation as col- take effect upon the appointment qualification of his successor. to this commitaication Col- sent the following reply: of office as internal revenue pire next Marsh, sithough wili have held che office but three years, one year of the term being by my deceased predecessor. There is Popular impression that a resignation Gesire on the part of un official avoid the disclosure of somethiag un- it in the administration of his office. that I have performed the duties ‘of my position as internal with the acknowledged approval of my su- Pertors. T must decline to sive grounds for -natured criticism by a resignation which ‘m future might put me upon explanation.” Collector Quinn, who is a republi-an, says that President Cleveland promined Senator Stanford that he should not be removed ce without causeand that thecnly vel ants to remove me he can s so by simply appointing my ruccessor en: he need not have asked ine to resign. I shall not resign under any circurastaaccs. T shall have to be bounced.” —— ee ECUADOR WANTS TO FIGHT PERU. Her People Angered by Atrocities Growing Out of the Boundary Dispute ‘There is a popular clamor in Ecuador for @ declaration of war against Peru to take revenge for atrocities ssid to have been committed by Peruvians during the dispute over the boundary and in violation of the status quo. ‘The Peruvian consul at Panama officially Gentes the Tumor thet, Peru would ao Fespon: ‘@ challenge to fight on account of troubles at home. Ecuador lies between Colombia and Peru, with the Pacific on the west and Brazil on the east. There are vast regions on the north, south and east frontiers claimed by the bordering countries. Ecuador's pooule- tion is little more than @ million, that of Peru hes three millions, but the Uttle republic's readiness to cross swords with her stronger neighbor may be expiain- ed by the presumption that the mooted South American triple alliance between » Venezuela and Colombia has Teached the stage of an understanding. +0 + Confirmatio: The Senate has confirmed George B. An- derson of the District of Columbia to be sec- Tetary of the legation at Rio de Janeiro, and SS surveyor of customs at St. i ul How the Question Was Settled. Prow the New York Times. A story is told of a well-known Mterary man and his wife which would seem to indicate that not all of the urtiilce and scheming should be put down to women. ‘The couple referred to decided to repaper & certain room in their suburban ume. Although apparently simple enough this undertaking proved to be a diffizait onc, as not only was the individual und dia- metrically different taste of each of the two to be consulted, but the paper that was already upon the walls of an a:ljoining room had to be taken into consideration as well. Again and again did the paper- banger, who tells the story, come out with his Tolls of samples to the suburban house, only to return with the mater un- @ecided, as the wife was sure to dislike what the husband liked, and vice versa. At length the husband had a private in- terview, with the paperhanser sug- Sested that the go ion knot be cut in this “You bring out the very first roll that you showed us, which suited me,” advised this man whose ingenuity of plot has long Deen the admiration and despair of the lit- erary guild. ‘Mrs. won't remember it, and if she does, I shall immeliately say that I don’t like it, that it clashes with the paper on the other room and so forth, #0 hat she will at once declare for it and nothing else. Then I shall yield reluctantly but gracefully to her wishes, ond the thing will be settled the way I want it to be The paperhanger did as he was told, and the little plot having worked like a charm. that identical paper is aow on <he walls cf the —s living room. ———-.___ Restaurants for Women. There, has been much en much in it the restaurants in great tien "wheres atter & certain time, women are not admitted without an escort. Let us then rejoice that an enterprising New York man has opened one where men are not admitted between 2 and 2 When a woman ap) Sie en ee it she must tairs, where the ordinary res- taurant tables are, the down stairs floor being reserved for ‘ladies only. This is one of few counter esi ite for women, and it has become so popular there are likely to be many others. ft looks queer at first to see a line of women sitting be- fore @ counter on high cane stools, with their feet resting on a rail, but every- thing is orderly, and the waiters, in their white aprons and white jackets, look as Frave as judges. Most of those seated are bitues, and they loose no time in giving thelr order, which has been thought out be- fore sitting down. They are, for the most part, busy women, and the time thus saved y, belng instantly served is to be spent in doing some errand or in a brisk wi TA, ham sandwich and a cup of tea.” “Two dropped on toast,” “Brown bread, rolls and mili.” or “A chicken ere- quetté and a cup of chocolate,” these are some of the familiar orders. A brother w: very much disgusted lately to find his. sis- ter was in the habit of attending one of the counter restaurants. “But why not, Tom? I only want a bite at noon, and the food ts always good, just as nice as if I had waited ten or fifteen minutes elsewhere to be served.” Tom could not state his wbjections very plainly, but the truth was he disliked ‘this democratic way of eating for his sister, the he wouldn't have hesitated himself. Brothers like their sisters to be aristocrats and they like other fellows’ sisters also to be the same, in spite of th they will sometimes talk about a girl's extravagance. All the same the counter restaurant serves the purpose of a large class of women. cfasator A Seats for Shop Girls. From the New York Times. The question of seats for shop girls or “shop assistants,” as they are called in London, has been recently agitated afresh over there. Nearly all the tradesmen who were called as witnesses before the parlia- mentary committee at the time of the dis- cussion of the shop hours bill testified to their willingness to provide seats during the low-pressure hours ‘of business, In Liver. 1 an association of ladies has been rmed for the purpose of petitioning shop- keepers to provide seats for their employes, which has already met with gratifying suc- cess. Every woman shopper in the land must feel an interest in this question. A woman physician the other day, commenting on the matter, said that it was a constant wonder to her that shop girls did not faint dally at their posts. The strain of standing is so much more severe than that of walking the same length of time. And when, as is most often the case, the shop girl is poised on high-heeled, ili- hoes, frequently cruelly short and ni it ts not strange that their faces grow lined and careworn, their voices sharp and their tempers rasped with the positive suff they ui . The women of Eng! took up the half- holiday question and tit about. y New York women never on Baturday afternoon. Acting on the = principle, and if all would sim! refrain that ite to a deserving sisterhood migh rengt ing si: it ere, a erento & Permanent instead of a ee A Dog Hypnotized at win. gery eterna dora hypnotized dog is the last thing 2 curtosities. This. interestin rig Swarded geld Medal be ap”, ‘e gold mm cad emy of Sciences for nis on i tions and discoveries in the scien: hypnotism as applied to animals and its fects upon them. Several tests have been le in the presence of Dr. Afana- med = Hodge a —— though it is One of the tests consisted in eral articles, as a pencil, cigar case, - kerchief, cuff but! ef. Gua button, &c., on the floor. log, having been thrown into @ hypnotic trance | by him, M. Durov re- quested one of the audience, which con- sisted of several other physicians of re- nown and some newspaper men, to think about something and what the dog was to do with it, then to write it out ‘on a of jand show It to the rest of the ting, of course, himself. This was done, and the dog having been brought in, what was the astonishment of the whole assemblage to see the animal go up to the cigar case. pick it up and bring it to the one who had indicated in the Another test consisted in la: several cubes with figures on them in a certain order in a closed box. At the same time several pieces of paper were put upon the floor bearing lke numbers on each. The dog was then called in and required to Place the pieces of paper in the same order as the cubes were laid in the closed and sealed box. This he did. to the astonish- ment of all assembled. M. Durov declares that he knows no more about what is be- ing done or wished than does the dog, and 1s, therefore, entirely unable to prompt him in any way. ‘WEST POINTERS AT THE FAIR. space on the great pitched for their and practical army ers be treatel to pleasures during their it E> ball tendered offi next Tuesday buildings will be illumi- will play all over the Gay—August %—will be attended e greatest military pomp yet seen at ‘The of the state, num- officers and mea, will be there regiments of infantrs, two troops of two batteries of light artillery Set oa ee nois building. ad vias In Honor ef Austria. Austria’s royal eagles screamed in reculor American fashion at the fair yesterday. It was Austria's day, and the Austrians made the most of it It was also the birthday of his imperial majesty, Francis Josef, and that fact the day ‘addidonal importance. The cele- when Arch began early yestendoy moruing, Katser said high mass in St Jamon Cherch. The Shurch was crowd- with representatives of ihe various Aus- trian societies in uniform and Austrian citi- g of Chicago, with all the visiting subjects of Emperor Francis Josef, went out to the MAR informal Teception was held in the Austrian section of the manufactures and Uberal arts bullding. Imperial Commis- sioner Anton von Poiltschek Palmforst re. celved the visitors at the :nain entrance of the section. The formal exercises at the fair were held in music hall. The intro- ductory was made by Dr. 8. }). Sewaris cf Schek Paliaforst wcluaroed big sont ois forst welcomed his countrymen to the fair, and Mayor Carter Harrison wel- comed them to the city. The other speakers were Commissioner Thomas A. Bryan and Dr. Henry Bak. The celebration concluded with an al fresco festival and concert at O14 Vienna. in the Midway Plaisance 's Fair Museum is a sure thing, “‘Thureday night a cvuruber of leat ing citizens met in Gen. Davis’ office and organized an energetic work. A permancnt committee of nine was appointel to take charge of the movement, and begin the azi- tation that will secure for the city one of the finest museums in the worl]. Jobn Boyd Thacher and the world's fair award system has been unanimously and formally indorsed by the Associate] Ameri can Exhibitors. About 20) inembers of the organization assembled in Music Hall, end after some discussion, which falle! to dc : energetic ition, the followi: resolution was adopted. 5 ear eolved, That we, the Associated Amer- can rs of the world's Columbian exposition, hereby signify our approval of of awards now in operation, and believe that with the notification of awards to exhibitors, and the creation of a board of its workings will give general wat- ‘The Terrible Sum Dance. torture. About once a month when the moon fs in the right sign the tendency to- ward a ee actively cultivated 1 Indias man: iteet. So when the bare arm St Interpreter George Hunt presented itself conveniently Two Bites, the chief, sank his foaces therein and chewed with all the av: ungry man uring @ pi f steak. ‘Ten thousand world's fair visitors watched with fascinated gaze the display of cannibalism from the shore of South pond. The sun dance is a religious rite that is rarely witnessed in the civilized world. After through the usual warming up exercises Chief Two Bites and Joe Strong retired to one corner of the platform zuiled off thetr hires. é & dozen of the tribe crow: 70" them, while the others chanted ec nncene onous strain to the dull music of the drum. George Eon produced o, Keun unife and jeces. cut four deep cashes in the back of each Indian between the shoulder blades. Then, raising the flesh, he passed the ends of the rope beneath the skin and tied them. Two Bites and Strong Back stood like statues while they were undergoing the or- deal The song suddenly chanxed to a wild and vehement cry, and the two Indians plunged forward to the center of the plat- form, lugging with all their strength on the With shrilt cries and grotesque gestures they dashed back and forth, the blood trick. lung down their backs and glistening to the glow of the light which blazed over the scene. The crowd was silent with an astonish- ment bordering on horror as the spectators began to realize what they were witness- ing. Few knew that the sum dance was be- ing performed for them. They only knew that they had never seen the like before. A pause came in the dance, and then a tableau was given, in which Two Bites and Strong Back threw all their weight on the ropes end tore them out of their fleshy fast- ‘Then Two Bites’ face took on a new ex- His eves snapped end glittered and ‘wild animal's, and crouching in the center of the platform he ut! hoarse inarticulate cries. Two Indians sprang upon him and seized him by the shoulders le snapped and snarled at them like a mad dog, until George Hunt. the inter- preter, walked out and extended his bare arm. ‘With a howl Two Bites seized the arm with his teeth. ‘Thus he was led across the platform until he relinquished his hold and squatted upon the He had chewed a piece as big as a 60-cent piece out of George Hunt's arm, but the nervy interpreter only siniled as he looked at the marks of Two Bites’ Why Grow 014. From the Gentleman's Magazine. I find that ff old people are put on « meat diet in the way of strong soup. beet tea and animal food, and only just’ suff ctent farinaceous food and fate and sucar to maintain the heat of the body. they in- crease wonderfully in energy and, as they often express it, feel twenty years youncer. This is only natural; it ts a food of energy: the food that builds up muscle, nerve and constitutional stamina. The requirements of the system in old age, as a rule, are not very great, and more harm is done by taking too much food than by talking too little. le considerably over seventy @ greatest benefit from a thorough change in diet. It seems to rejuvenate them. Of course, in old age cure should be taken that the body is not subjected to rapid changes of temperature. When the nervous power is decreasing as the result of age and the system is losing the power of combating cold and strain upon its en- ergy. a stimulating diet invigorates and is conducive to maintaining constitutional stamina better than any other. ‘Any natural death but from old age and a decay is an accidental death: that ia, it is due to causes which might, and even perhaps could, have been entirely ayolded and remedied in earlier years. But, of course, all the secrets of attaining ex- treme age are not even now within our Teach, and the few that I have pointed out are but @ very few and those of the com- monest. Tt is the inevitable law of nature that we must dis The vital enerey that ts im- planted in the body at birth is only meant to sustain {t for a certain number of years. Tt may be husbanded or wasted, made to burn slowly or rapidly. It is like the oll in a lamp and may be burned out to little ef- fect in a Iittle time or carefully husbanded and ved, and thus made to last longer and rn brighter. Tt 1s @ moot question whether every in- dividual ts not at birth gifted with the Same amount of vital energy and of life- sustaining power. The probability is that each is. The circumstances of the environ- ments from the cradle to the grave deter- mine its future destiny. —_—_+os—__—_ ‘This ts Ancient History. ‘From the Pittsbare Chronicle-Telegrarh. “Speaking of this new Idea in ship build- ing, the whaleback,” began Latimer. “There's nothing new in it,” replied Shin- giss, interrupting. “What do you mean?” “Just what I say, It was known thou- sands of years ago. Nonsense!” “Did you never read in an ancient book of how a passenger set sail from Jopra to fo to Tarshish, and how he took a whale oe F Verbs. ‘From Good News, Doctor—“Your mother should take you out of the city if she desires to see you ro: bust. Did you ever summer on a farm?" Little Girl—“No, sir; but I springed and falled on @ farm.” T have known | derive | for so small a price as 87 wi complain the hard times? ~ ° |, That is the price asked for such a Dauble in « shop on Broadway. They Up somewhat higher, the handsomest style fetching $15, but for the latter amount something very gorgeous indeed can be obtained—all incrusted with precious stones. Queens’ tiaras come cheaper ané for $8 one can get a very decent one. These royal ornaments are for use on the stage exciusively. Seen across the foot- lights they are quite as effective as if the Jewels were real and the gold if it in Stead of brass gilded. The gems ere of colored glass—emeralés, rubies, topazes, |Sapphires, &c.—except the diamonds, which are of plain cut glass. They cost gents a dozen for ‘the cheapest. though finest ones, such as are Monarch, come as high What makes them #0 glass, but the set skilled ers, oniy $1260. If i were resi in of tation it would be worth at least $200,000. The cheapest sort of stage crown in the large as Elizabethan, which is completely cot with pearls, some of them as fazelnute, This cost $L, Diamond rare: lets of ¢ Most superb tion fetch a pair, while diamond — * a $7.50. Knightly and other orders are q from $5 to $8, some of them very elaborate. Epaulettes and other accouterments worn on the stage are resi ont vez. so e time passed when mat rials were used to imitate costly feoricn i stage costumes. Nowadays the clothes ‘worn behind the footlights are as ve as are seen anywhere in real life finest silks and satins are employed the gowns are tailor made. One opera compeny which will start out on the road from this city in September id He robes. yne reason for this is that poor materiale do oat last well embroidered lace js used on Stage for Spanish Greases and for other urposes. It is the same sort of stuff thet js employed on the altar at high Episcopal and Homan Catholic churches, It fe mane by embroidering white net with gilded cop- per wire. ‘A great deal of madiaeval armor ts man- ufactured for the stage nowadays. It. is made to order from ancient ‘The best material is brass plated with nickel. The nickel plating prevents rust and makes the armor ht, which latter is an essen- oe MANY-EYED MONSTERS. And They Sleep With Their Feet Up, Yet Not Upon Their Backs, From the Boston Herald. “Oh! those detestable files!” exclaimed the heat housewife, and the poor little insect which was buzzing away on her clean win- dow was speedily killed with a weapon made of a newspaper rolled into a ball at one end, with the other forming the handle. It did the work for the fy end did not break the window. “Where in the world do they come from? Screens at every window and every door im the house. How Go they get in?” “Confound that fly,” efter dinner in the darkened an4 quiet best parlor, “Seems as if when there wasn't but one fy im the house it always lighted on my head. There! take that,” and he made a Gesperute Junge at the Utue tor- mentor, only to miss him and see him fly calmly’ away with a meditative and ex- asperating hum. Sull growling, old Baldhead put « paper over his head, and thus outwitting the ay dropped off to sleep. it is unmistakabiy Oy time. The almanac tells us so, and to the bucolic mind “it must be so if the almanac says 80.” One knows it is @ tact. tor they can be seen swarming in pyramids near every gar- bage heap, in the merkets, round the sweets exposed to view in the confectioners’; Yes, can even be found “in my lady’s chamber,” which 18 Very apt to disturb her slumbers and arouse her, as would the lark et peep of dawn (say about half-past 3 a. m.), not with a sWeet, melodious call, but with « stent buzz and by crawling over her ir face in such @ teasing manner that ep is effectually vanished for the time. The question of where fites come from is asked many times during the summer. It is always a mystery to the woman who has her house weil screened how even one of the little pests can get in. The parents of a good many of them were probably housed the year before, when, in the autumn, vigilance was re- Jaxed, and perhaps a door or window left unguarded. With the instinct with which nature has provided them they crept into the warm house, into cracks not perceptible, and there they bibernated. There, too, they lay their eggs, 177 to each fly, thus looking out for the propagation of the race; and so when the frst warm days come they sur- prise us by buzzing away on the windows or around the table. In the meantime the eggs are hatching, and by “fly time” they come forth in swarms. Sometimes in the dead of winter @ fly will appear, beguiled from his resting place the deceptive warmth of the furnace-hea house. He seems a harbinger of spring, | and perhaps one may be inclined to pet it ja bit. Don't do it. Kin it ond thus put an |end to_a prospective future generation of | fies. “They are natural scavengers. Their purpose in life is to consume various sub- stances which are thrown off from the human body, by articles of food and by almost every’ anim: egetable produg tion when fn a change. These substances are given in such small | quantities they are imperceptible to com- mon observers and not removable by ordi- nary methods of cleanliness, even in the kept rooms. : ma fiy persists in crawling over om face it is merely taking care of the cles of dead matter thrown off through the pores and which helps to Keep the complex- jon clean. So it is really doing good while tt anne As a common fly has about four thou- sand eyes ft is no wonder it is so hard to catch or that it evades the blows aimed at it. soe ‘The Medicinal Value of Water. Fro Hall's Journal of Health. ‘The human body is constantly undengo- ing Ussue change. Worn out particles are | cast aside and eliminated from the system, while the new are ever being formed, from the inception of life to its close. Water has the power of increasing these tissue changes, which multiplies the was | products, but at the same time they are renewed by its agency, giving rise to in- creased appetite, which in turn provides fresh nutriment. Persons but little accus- tomed to drinking water are liable to have the waste products formed faster than they are removed. Any obstruction to the free working of natural laws at once produces disease, which, if once firmly seated, re- quires both time and money to cure. People accustomed to rise in the morn- ine weak and tanguld will Got a im the imperfect secretion of was! wl many times may be remedied by drinking }a full tumbler of water before retiring. This very materially assists In the process during the night and leaves the tissues fresh and strong, ready for the active work of the day. Hot water is one of our best remedial ents. a hot bath.on going to bed, even im the hot nights of summer, = a better reliever nscrania than Many drags. 1“ famed parts will subside under the continual poulticing of real hot water. Very hot water, as we all know, is a mpt checker of bleeding, and, besides, fit is clean, as it should be, it aids im sterilizing wounds. —— Plecta s in the Howey Crop. From the Pomona, Gal., Prowress This has not been 2 good year for the beekeepers, as there has not been half @ crop of honey. There is a great difference jn seasons, 80 far as honey making is con- cerned. Though flowers come in about Same profusion each year they do not cot tain the same amount of honey. Some | years they seem filled with the sweet nec- ier"Ena the bees make frequent excursions and always return heav den, and other Years the busy little workers’ scour the country far and wide and gather little honey. It has been two or three years since there was a large crop of the pro- Guct, but when there is beekeepers make An a good year an aver- plenty of money. stand of bee e season's work for 30 pounds of honey, though a part good stand will sometimes gather pounds. The product sells for $0 to $40 @ ton, so that on a good year a person with @ hundred stands of bees would make from $9) to $1,900. If every season was a good one a persen could not fin “oda jo that would reward his spare time any bet- ter than keeping bees. ‘The President Fis! ‘The cloudy and threatening not prevent tne President and Dr. from taking their fishing trip in Burgi bay yesterday. They were on the grounds at Cleveland's Leige untit neariy Sunset, and had fairly good luck. Mra. Cleveland drove to the village in the after Boon,